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MEDIA RELEASE During April, as part of Earth Day celebrations, the Hawai‘i Fire Department and Department of Environmental Management collected 4,000 pairs of old athletic shoes for recycling by the Nike Reuse-A-Shoe Program. Hawai‘i County participated for the first time in this annual collection event. Statewide, more than 20,000 shoes that would have gone to […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Old and worn athletic shoes are not trash. They can become much more than waste in a landfill and serve a greater purpose long after they’ve run their last race. Now through Sunday April 26th, 2009, all Big Island Fire Stations will be collecting worn-out athletic shoes. All brands of athletic shoes will […]

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